Spring-heel for boots and shoes.



P. GASPAR. SPRING HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIGATION FILED 0012.1, 1313.l

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PinosKA GASPAR, or BRDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SPRING-HEEL For: Booms AND sHoEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16,1913.

Application filed october 1 1913. serial No. 792,709.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Pnzosxii GsPR, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Spring-Heels for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spring heels for boots and shoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a heel which shall be neat in appearance, thoroughly elicient in operation in absorbing jars, and which may be made and applied to the heel of any custom-made shoe without requiring any change in its structure and arrangement.

Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a spring heel, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe equipped with the heel of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the heel, showing the manner of connecting the elements of the spring member, and also the manner in which the spring element is held in position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrow thereon. Fig. 4 is a perspective fragmentary detail view, partly in section, showing the relative arrangement of the parts of the cushion member.

`While the invention is shown in this instance as applied to a mans shoe, it is to be understood that it is equally adaptable for use in connection with any kind of foot gear, and as this will be readily understood, any extended illustration is deemed unnecessary.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the counter of the shoe, which as usual, is secured between the sole 2 and liner 3. The heel may consist of any desired number of lifts, those herein shown being designated 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The lift 4 as usual, is secured to the sole, and is provided at its center with a depression 11, while the lift 5 is provided with a rectangular opening 12 in which is seated a plate 13, the same being held in place by screws or nails 14; At the center of the plate is a threaded orifice 15 that is designed to be engaged by a threaded plug 16 that extends through a circular' orifice 16 in the lift 6 and is provided with a transverse orifice to receive one end 17 of a coiled spring 1S, the other end 19 of which projects through an orifice formed in a complemental plug 20 that engages the threaded orifice arranged at the center of a second rectangular plate 21 that is seated in the lift 8, the plug 20 projecting through a circular opening 22 in the lift 7. It will be noted that both of the openings 16 and 22 are of less diameter than the plates 12 and 21, so that the latter will be held firmly positioned between the adjacent lifts 4, 6, 7 and 9. The lift 9 is provided with a central depression 28, which, in conjunction with the like depression 11 in the lift 4, is designed to permit of an extended range of adjustment of the two plugs 16 and 20 so as to increase or diminish the resistance to depression of the lower or ground-engaging member of the heel, thus to adapt the improvements to persons of different weights.

Inclosing the lower member of the heel, which is composed of the lifts 7-10, is a shield 24, which may be made of any suitable material, preferably of leather, and is held assembled with the lifts 8-10 by nails or screws 25. This shield extends a sufficient distance above the lift 7 to receive the lower portion of the upper heel member consisting of the lifts %6, and permits a telescoping action between the two members, and guides the lower member relative to the upper one as the heel is alternately depressed and released in use.

In combining the cushioning member with the heel members, the plate 5 is first seated, and secured in place by the nails or screws l2, after which the plug 1G is turned to its seat, and the lift G secured to the lift 5. The plate 21 is then seated in the lift 8, and the lift 7 secured in place after which the lower member is turned to cause the plug 20 to seat in the threaded opening in the plate 21. The parts being thus assembled, the lift 10 is now secured in position, and finally the shield 24 is combined with the heel.

ln use, the weight of the user will cause the lower member to telescope around the upper member and thus absorb all jars and shocks, and as before stated, the cushioning member may be adjusted so as to cause it to openings, and a shield carried by the lower l0 meet any condition which may arise in use. member and arranged partially to house the What I claim as new is upper member. A heel comprising an upper and a lower In testimony whereof I aiiiX mysignature 5 member7 a plate arranged in each of the in presence of two witnesses.

members and having a threaded orifice, PIROSKA GASPAR. plugs engagingthe orifices, each plug hav- Witnesses: ing a transverse opening, a coiled spring -JosEPH VARos, having its terminals passed through the said- A JOHN GOIGIAR.

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